CAIR-NY to Join Taxpayers Against Genocide and National Lawyers Guild to Announce International Legal Complaint Against U.S. for Funding Gaza Genocide

On Thursday, September 6, the New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY), a chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, will join a press conference hosted by Taxpayers Against Genocide (TAG) and the National Lawyers Guild International Committee (NLG) to announce international legal action against the US government […]

CAIR in the News, September 2, 2025

CAIR-AZ: Police removed their hijabs during pro-Palestinian protests at ASU. Now, they’re suing – Arizona Republic Separate attorneys for some of the women previously told The Republic they “begged and pleaded” with police to not remove their hijabs. Several other community leaders denounced the actions at the time, including Azza Abuseif, the executive director of the Council on […]

CAIR Says Reported Plan for U.S. Takeover of Gaza, Theft of Palestinian Land Would be ‘War Crime of Historic Proportions’

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today said that a newly reported secret Trump administration proposal for a U.S.-Israeli takeover of Gaza and the theft of Palestinian land through a digital tokenization scheme “would amount to a war crime of historic proportions that would spark generations […]

CAIR-North Carolina Welcomes Removal of Confederate Statue

The North Carolina office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the removal of a Confederate monument from Broad Street in Edenton, North Carolina. In 2022, CAIR supported a resolution passed by the Edenton Town Council calling for the removal of the statue, which many residents viewed as […]

CAIR Applauds U.S. Senators Van Hollen, Merkley for Attempting to Enter Gaza During Middle East Humanitarian Trip, Calls on More U.S. Lawmakers to Follow Suit

Civil Rights Group Demands Enforcement of Leahy Laws to End U.S. Aid Bolstering Genocide  (BALTIMORE, MD, 8/30/2025) — The Council on American–Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today commended U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) for their visit to the Middle East, including the West […]

COMMUNITY ALERT: Check Out Program for CAIR’s 2025 Policy Conference, ‘Resilience, Resistance & Renewal: Charting a Just Future’

CAIR Impact Weekend 2025

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today released the program schedule for its two-day national leadership and policy conference scheduled to take place in Washington, DC from Friday, September 19th to Saturday, September 20th.  The event, which is open to registered and vetted members of the public, is […]

CAIR in the News, August 30, 2025

Video: CAIR-CT Calls on Lawmakers, Trump Admin to Demand that Israel Allow U.S. Mother, Son to Return Home CAIR-CT: Meriden man says wife, son detained in Israel, not allowed to fly back home – WTNH CAIR-CT: Growing calls for Meriden family to be allowed to return to U.S. – NBC Connecticut CAIR-CT: Meriden mom and […]

CAIR-CA Reiterates Opposition as SB 771 Advances from Assembly Appropriations, Urges Explicit Free-Speech Safeguards Before Floor Vote 

The California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CA), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today reiterated its opposition to Senate Bill 771 (Stern) following the bill’s advancement from the Assembly Appropriations Committee to the Assembly floor.  While CAIR-CA acknowledges engagement by the author and sponsors—including amendments clarifying that the bill […]